AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Board Certified in Admiralty and Maritime Law, The Florida Bar

The Best Lawyers in America, 2007 

Florida Super Lawyers, 2006-2007 

Who's Who Legal, Florida 2008; listed as a leading Shipping & Maritime lawyer

Allen K. von Spiegelfeld has experience in all phases of transportation law including the Carmack Amendment, the Warsaw Convention and ICC regulations; preparation and negotiation of contracts of affreightment, bills of lading, letters of credit, trucking and stevedoring contracts; disputes involving letters of credit, charter party issues, customs and immigration problems, transportation fraud questions, collision, environmental claims, personal injury claims, wrongful death, limitation proceedings and ship financing, maritime arbitrations, federal and state court litigation.

Representative Experience 

• U.S. Navy J.A.G. Corp.
  1974-1978
• John B. Culp, P.A.
  1978-1981

Presentations

• "Ethics - Conflicts of Interest," Speaker, SEALI Convention, Atlanta, GA, 1997
• "Maritime Bankruptcy," Speaker, The Florida Bar's Maritime Bankruptcy Law and Practice Seminar, Tampa, FL, March 1992
• "Maritime Liens in the United States," Speaker, Swedish Shipowners Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, 1990

Publications

• "Environmental Consideration and Pollution Control," Author, The Florida Bar's Recreational Boating Law for the Florida Lawyers Seminar, Tampa, FL, March 1991
• "Maritime Cargo Claims," Author, The Florida Bar Convention, Orlando, FL, 1989
• "Package Limitations," Author, SEALI Convention, June 1989